The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-12
Local and state Notes.

The Grand Rap ids e. Indiana road uses nat
ursl gas to give signals at Portland, Ind, an
Important point on the road.
The Ohio Falls car-works are building num-
Der of fine passenger coaches for the Union
Pacific road, to be delivered between now and
Jan. l, 1888
Samuel F. Hanna, once prominent in the rail-
road interests of Indiana, died at Fort Wayne
on Thursday He was once worth 5000, 000 bnt
with the collapse of the Indiana Central road
his estate disappeared
The Chicago s. Eastern Illinois Railroad Com
pany is fling at county seats along their line
SIS, 600. 900 first-morteaee consolidated bond pay
able to the Central Trust Company Of New
York, payable Nov. !. 1927.
It is stated that the New Albany & Vincsnnes
road will now be built. the hackers of the enter
prise having got thoir financial matters in shape
to proceed with the work. The line was sur
veys6 and settled upon SONS months ago.
apols roads is now l,mi,ed by the which
they command. The Bee-line was yes,er-
day over 600 cars behind their orders and much
the same ratio exists with the other lines.
The first shipment of Office furniture from
Bloom cton TO Indianapolis by the general Off
GERS of the Lake Erie & Western road arrived
yesterday. The removal of the general Offices
brings forty-two officers and clerks to lndiana p-
oils.
The Travellers Official Guide says that the to-
tai number of passengers TO and from Phiadsl-
phia, by all routes. during the three days of the
constitutional centennial, was 7O6 1896 of which
BE-, 347 were transported by the Pennsylvania
railroad
The special train the Lake Erie s. Western is
running out in the morning, returning in the
evening, carries over two hundred man who
engaged in laying natural gas mains for the In
diauapolis gas company, between Noblssyllie
and this city,
The interstate-commerce act has brought
about a uniformity of freight rates, which has
been beneficial to such points as Michigan City.
The lumber shipments from, that point the last
few months have been the largest in the history
of this shipping point.
Passenger rates to-day advance TO S4S 65
round trip to Jacksonville. Fla, which is nearly
So 90 higher than last years rate. 1t is quite
evident that the Southern passenger agents have
concluded but few people will go South this WIZ
ter and it is best to get as much money out of
the fe W possible.
c. E. Henderson returned yesterday from an
inspection trip over the Ohio Southern road. He
the limo short of coal cars. They now bring
ing west 200 to ESQ carloads of jackson coal per
day. but would handle 400 car loads per day
were the cars TO haul it on to be had.
The Ohio Valley company has com pleted its
road to Princeton. and through it's connection
with the Chesapeake 81 Southwestern becomes
quite an important Southwestern line. This road
will indirectly benefit Evansville, Il is stated
that the company will establish freight sgeucv
at that point. The Evansville Journal says that
the road ia in the hands of energetic men who
will make a valuable property of il
As President Ingalls, predicted, the c., l., st.
L. & G.. with the coming in of November. shows
increased earnings, as comnared with those of
the corresponding period. 1856. earning, the first
week in November, $5l 1861. 81, increase over
earnings corresponding week. 1856, or s. 367 81.
A slight increase is shown in every branch of
the service, mai. and express excepted. In
passenger earnings there was an increase Of
1895.
The project of building the Terre Haute 81 At
lantic road drags The friends of the enterprise
are endeavorIng to work up q feeling in favor OF
voting aid TO the road, but, eingular as it may
seem, the opposition in Terre Haute appears
among what are known as knights of Labor I"
Usually tho most hearty support comes from
this class of voters when railroad subsidies are
asked. IS every new road bull. increases the de-
mand for labor.
The coal traffic of the INDIANAPOLIS & ST. Louis
is developing 20 extent which surprises tha
management OF the road and has for few weeks
pzst been limited by the coal cars which could
be comm nded Some of the operators are now
working of the lower veins of the block coal
mines aud tho product is remarkably free from
impurities At Perth, one OF the new mines
opened this season, they taking out g. 900
tons per month
Kingan & Co, are now shipping east over the
BeeI-ine twenty to thirty carloads of provisions
daily II is stated that this packing-house has
averaged for twenty-five years past TO ship four
hundred car loads of provisions per month east
over the Decline they taking this ronte on ac-
count of the facilities :he New York Central
gives them for loading to the vessels and in
addition the storage facilities given at the slip
from which the prodnctis loaded.
The City Council of New Albany evidently
special committee to demand from the L., E. s.
St L. (Air-liuel company a fuifillment of the
.sirrevocabls contract made by the original
company with the city. will make demand on
the railroad company this week The '.rreyo-
cable contract Was an agreement by the rail-
road company TO place its machine shops. car
building shops denots. etc.. at New Albany IN
consideration Of 1900. 900 in the city's bonds.